News round-up: Children treated on adult psychiatric wards

Children still being treated on adult psychiatric wardsHundreds of mentally ill children and teenagers are being treated on adult psychiatric wards in defiance of a government promise to halt the practice.

New technology holds the key to supporting people with learning disabilities, says charityMany of the 1.5 million people with learning disabilities in the UK are being denied a voice in how their care is personalised, a charity claimed today.

Iris recognition for prisoners to deter drug abusesPrisoners are having the iris patterns in their eyes or their fingerprints recorded as part of a security initiative aimed at tackling drug dealing and preventing overdoses in jail.

In a supporting roleAfter raising eyebrows in the party for favouring Polly Toynbee over Winston Churchill, Greg Clark, Tory spokesman for the voluntary sector tells Alison Benjamin why it should play more of a part in delivering public services

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